About Our Packaging

At Conscious Skincare we are fed up with ‘Not Currently Recycled’. So what is it about our packaging that makes it special and why are we different to other companies?

One of the biggest criticisms of most companies these day is their packaging. Totally excessive in a lot of cases, with aubergines or bananas in plastic bags and trays!

It is really frustrating that over the years more and more packaging is marked ‘not currently recycled’. The supermarkets (and many other companies) do nothing to change this and the manufacturers themselves do not do enough either.

Leave no trace

We are delighted to say ‘currently recycled’ wherever we can and always will. One of our key values is ‘Leave No Trace’ and whilst we are not perfect, we do what what we can to strive towards that goal.

We thought long and hard about our packaging. A lot of experts told us that to look ‘higher end’ we should have all our products in boxes. Yes, they would look lovely on the shelf but what happens to that box as soon as you get home? It gets thrown in the bin.

What a waste.

And we could not bring ourselves to do that just for pure commercialism. So we let our customers choose if they want their products in a gift box or not.

and our favourite….. Pot Pourri Popcorn fill which, after protecting your order in transit, can then be used as bird feed, pot pourri (add your favourite essential oil fragrance), re-used or simply put in your compost (also loved by the office dog, Cocoa but he isn’t allowed to have any as it’s not suitable for dogs!)

For any electrical items or consumables, we make sure our printer inks go in charity envelopes so that the charity can get paid for the inks they collect. Equally, with outdated or broken mobile phones we identify charities that can take them and turn them into cash.

….and here’s what we want to do in the future

Top of the list is making sure that for anything we can’t recycle or compost, that it has a recycling destination. We have found recycling companies who take bulk plastic, turn it into chippings which are then used to make other useful things.

To replace any plastic, we’re intrigued by potato starch tent pegs used at festivals and would like to see how this material could be made into bottles and jars.

We would like to be able to mix simple materials like cardboard and vegetable wax to create a container that can hold liquids successfully but looks great at the same time.